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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, The Race, Days 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is 'scratching' spoken of as a disease?
(a) The dogs must be shipped back to where they came from.
(b) It is costly to go home.
(c) Everyone wants to finish.
(d) Racers who scratch are considered amateurs.

2. What did Gary see on a river in Alaska?
(a) Snow forming from the water as it rushed against a rock.
(b) A fish, frozen into the water.
(c) A whirlpool had frozen into a cone.
(d) All of these.

3. How many hours did this continue for?
(a) Twenty-four.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Twelve.

4. What did Gary learn from challenging his lead dog's sense of direction?
(a) That the lead dog is always right.
(b) All of these.
(c) That the lead dog will get the musher lost to prove a point.
(d) That the lead dog will bite.

5. What is the perfect temperature for running?
(a) Twenty below.
(b) Thirty below.
(c) Fifteen below.
(d) Ten below.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it hard to catch a grouse unaware?

2. How many more years beyond that night did Storm last?

3. What was the above all thing about the animal?

4. What couldn't Paulsen see without his headlamp in the dark?

5. What did Paulsen mix with the Boyardee to make a stew?

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